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When a family secret comes to light, lives are changed forever in this honest, beautiful, and sometimes painful memoir. When Mark, adopted at birth, set out to FIND his genetic family as an adult, he found something he never expected-three full-blood siblings, including a persistent sister who would alter the course of his life. He finds himself faced with the emotional task of coming to know his entire birth family, along with the unintended impact...
42) Fortunate Son
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Julie Francis was a beautiful, wealthy socialite from Tulsa with a golden future. But during the fall semester of her freshman year of college, she learned she was pregnant. She was only 17.
Paul and Margaret Eason were a middle-class couple from Tupelo, Mississippi, who couldn't have children of their own. They had previously adopted a daughter, but they desperately wanted a son to complete their family.
Their worlds converged at a home for unwed...
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Ce livret, c'est comme une amie qui vous parle du fond du cœur. Il va bien au-delà d'un simple guide maternel, c'est une véritable source d'inspiration. Il vous montre comment accueillir la maternité avec un sourire radieux, comment prendre soin de vous, et comment grandir en tant que maman et en tant qu'individu.
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"Becoming a grandparent is a major milestone, raising new questions, challenges, and opportunities. Prepare for this transformative stage of life - and make the baby's first year one of the most meaningful experiences for both of you. Good to Be Grand is the ultimate roadmap for the savvy grandparent, combining the latest information about infant care - from medical developments to equipment innovations to parenting practices - with honest, down-to-earth...
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When 31-year-old New Zealand lawyer Jemani Alchin-Boller was diagnosed with cervical cancer and told she needed a radical and urgent hysterectomy she thought her dreams of being a mother were dashed. Then her sister Maddy sent her a text saying, "You can have my womb." “Amazing Grace” is a story of the love and resilience of two sisters. It is a poignant, personal narrative that will inspire and encourage others who—against tough odds—are...
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"A heart-warming celebration of the Italian family and its cuisine" from the bestselling author of Valvona & Crolla: A Year at an Italian Table (Alexander McCall Smith).
Following the successful publication of Dear Francesca and Dear Olivia, bestselling author Mary Contini picks up the thread of her family story from 1934 in Pozzuoli, Naples, following the commercial success of the family business-Edinburgh's acclaimed delicatessen, Valvona &...
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What is it truly like being a son or daughter who leaves home to live in an expat/migrant setting? How does it feel to be geographically separated from your parents, grandparents and other family members? Maybe you've left home for your studies, your career, a sense of adventure, for a challenge, for love. But how do you venture forth into your global world and still retain and nourish connections with 'home', always knowing "it was my choice to leave"?...
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Through a kaleidoscopic lens, this cross-cultural novel uniquely chronicles one family's compelling saga based mostly on the real-life experiences. This multi-generational tale explores the powerful dynamics of both the ordinary and extraordinary moments in the human journey: be they funny, awkward, sad, happy, or sacred.
Just before sunrise, on a cool October morning in 1950, Rishi and Tej welcome the birth of their son, Sam. Born in an Indian village,...
49) We the Family
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Canada's master playwright applies his trademark black humour and incredibly crisp dialogue to the family and multiculturalism. We the Family follows the ripple effects within two culturally and racially divergent families when their children wed. We the Family 's list of characters reads like an ethnic joke, which, indeed, it is, at least in part: the son of the main characters, David and Lizzie Kaplan, a Jewish-Irish Catholic mixed marriage, marries...
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The Great Commission A book written for such a time as this, so we will know what to expect, and what to do about it, in the future.
There is nothing more challenging in the Bible than hearing about "The Great Commission". Not only is it challenging but the supernatural future of the believer hangs in the balance on it, so it is not to be ignored or put on the back burner for some time in the future. Unfortunately, we don't know when or how the present...
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Whether our realities are filled with people or not, are we ever truly alone?Dive into Life's adventures with author, editor, filmmaker, tropical artist sanctuary founder Cristina Salat. An exploration into human sovereignty, connection, and evolution from the author of HOW TO BE FREE (When The World Seems Anything But), EX-FRIENDS & EX-LOVERS BELOVED: Sticking Together Through Thick & Thin -vs- Letting Go, FEEDING FRENZY: Devourers of the Newly Published...
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Family: comfort food or a recipe for disaster? Award-winning storyteller and performer Regi Carpenter brings her humor and honesty to print in Where There's Smoke, There's Dinner.
Regi is the youngest daughter in a family that pulsates with contradictions: religious and raucous, tender but terrible, unfortunate yet irrepressible. These honest tales-some hilarious, some heartbreaking-celebrate the glorious and gut-wrenching lives of four generations...
53) A Matter of Time
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One morning, with no warning, Gopal, respected professor, devoted husband, and caring father, walks out on his family for reasons even he cannot articulate. His wife, Sumi returns with their three daughters to the shelter of the Big House, where her parents live in oppressive silence: they have not spoken to each other in 35 years. As the mystery of this long silence is unraveled, a horrifying story of loss and pain is laid bare-a story that seems...
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Providing financial assistance to family members in the Philippines can be stressful and take a toll on health and family life. For Filipino emigrants, the pressure to send more money can bring up anger and resentment, along with the fear of being ostracized by their community if they stop.
Author and coach Belen Loreto Grand is the voice for thousands of nurses from the Philippines and OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) who are bound to family and...
55) Letting Go
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Are You Tired Of Being HAUNTED By The Past?
Are you unable to forget painful memories and move on?
Do you find it impossible to imagine a happy future?
It is never easy to put a painful past behind you when you have been weighed down by it for so long. The burden of what you went through can put such a strain on your psychological, emotional, and physical well-being that it may make your present unbearable. This book has been written to help you...
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In the early 1900s, Gordon Clark and his father, Si, sold their farm in rural Canada in search of the business of America. They found it in Seattle, Washington, and in 1929 Gordon and his brother Russ bought Genesee Coal and Stoker.
Seattle life in the late 1920s was flourishing and businesses were booming -but within the year, the crash of the stock market would bring the Great Depression to the 1930s. Genesee survived, however, and during the 1940s,...
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So much of our world today is crying out for welcome, refuge, and belonging. Homes with Heart is both inspiration and guide for people to create home in the world: first, through their own living spaces; second, within families of choice; and third, through supportive communities. While author Ruth Frost includes elements of home design, she also delves deeply into making home in the world through the power of love in community and offers practical...
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